DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HALF-TAP PAT CONNECTORS AND SPLICING TOOLS - IMPROVED EFFICIENCY OF TRANSFER SPLICING SUITABLE FOR TO SUPPORT THE INTRODUCTION OF OPTICAL ACCESS SYSTEMS

Recently, the number of transfer splicing works on metallic cables has increased according to the accelerating deployments of optical access systems installed outdoors. The improvement in the current hand splic ing works has been demanded to efficiently transfer presently installe d cables. We will report on newly developed connectors for the purpose along with a major revisions on the procedures of the PAT connection works on poles.